Clearance? Nick,Val?

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I have several questions. My BP for the past week has ranged 105/73- 115/76

which is normal for me. Pulse is getting higher. It was in the mid to high 90's

last week. Sunday it was 98 and has increased steadily to 115 today. My temp is

also 98.6 for the first time in my life, except when I've been sick. I've tried

lowering HC as I was up to 60, and am down to 35mg a day.

On 4/22, I was taking 180mg Armour and 75mg Cytomel, and stopped Armour

completely. On 5/13 I stopped taking L-Tyrosine and Thyrodine- both of which

make the thyroid produce T4, I think...is that correct? so, which date do I

count as the beginning of 12 weeks to clearance? 4/22 makes me at 11 weeks.

5/13 puts me at 8 weeks. I've gotten up to 125mg generic Cytomel, and felt so

hypo this week that I added 12.5 at bedtime.I've also had a terrible headache on

waking and am sleeping 9-10 hrs a night. Over the past year after the Armour

debacle, I gained 20 lbs- and I'm only 5'2, lost muscle mass and generally had a

year of doing nothing. I felt a big improvement in March or April, like I woke

up again, and now I've had another big jump re feeling better physically and

emotionally. I've been on a new diet for the past month- Protein 20%, carbs

20%, fats 60%. I'm never hungry and I've lost 7 or 8 lbs... eating around 1700

calories a day. Carbs mostly fruits and veggies, as I'm pretty sure I have

gluten issues, as many of us do.

I'm on 6-8000 D3 a day, same of B12, 4000 C, 2t + sea salt in water throughout

the day and other vitamins and supplements. My iron has always been good.

Should I back off of the 12.5 cytomel I added 3 days ago? My temps have been

inching up this week, as I said.

Here are my labs from:

Nov 09- Mar 10- May 10

TSH 00.7- 00.4- not tested

FT4 1.72-1.17-.56

FT3 8.1--7.9-5.2

RT3 26- 24- 10

ACTH 56

I'll have labs again on 8/3/10, before my appointment with my wonderful doc on

8/10.

Should I hold T3 at 137.5 and HC at 35? I don't dose T3 in the AM, until an

hour or so after HC, sea salt and food, as my adrenals always test off the chart

low in the morning.

8am 10mg HC

10am 25 T3

11am 7.5 HC

noon 25 T3

2pm 7.5 HC,25 T3

4pm 7.5 HC, 25 T3

6pm 2.5 HC 25 T3

9pm 12.5 T3 -I can't use HC before bed anymore...

Am I at clearance?

Should I change doses and/or schedules?

Thanks so much!

I have to tell you all that I was in our local compounding pharmacy buying sea

salt and heard a woman asking about thyroid and adrenal support. I waited

outside for her, gave her my card and we talked about the medical merry-go-round

that costs us time, money, health and a great portion of our quality of life.

She emailed me and I sent her the links to the appropriate yahoo groups. I'm

not an expert, but I feel like I'm getting my life back, thanks go Val, Nick,

and folks on these groups, and I want to share what I know, and point people

here... it feels good to be able to give back a little...

Best,